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French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur was born on this day in 1822. Explore his family tree on Geni http://bit.ly/2ibclA9

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Mondays with Myrt - 19 Dec 2016 #genealogy hangout

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Learn how to merge from a profile page on Geni

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Have you connected to royalty? On this day in 1542, Mary, Queen of Scots, was born.

Explore her family tree on Geni http://bit.ly/2ha9lWG

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What's your favorite Roy Orbison song? Today we remember the legendary musician, who died on this day in 1988.

Explore his family tree on Geni http://bit.ly/2h3n6qb

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Trimming the Tree: Your Ancestor’s Christmas Decorations

Read the story on the GenealogyBank blog: http://bit.ly/2h5LAuB

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about how our ancestors decorated their Christmas trees.

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December Update: GenealogyBank Just Added over 1 Million More Records!

Read the story (with a complete title list) on the GenealogyBank blog: http://bit.ly/2hMJNPL

Every day, GenealogyBank is working hard to digitize more newspapers and obituaries, expanding our collection to give you the largest newspaper archives for family history research available online. We just completed adding over 1 million more U.S. genealogy records, vastly increasing our content coverage from coast to coast!

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Remember watching 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'? Today Dick Van Dyke turns 91!

Explore his family tree on Geni http://bit.ly/2gExwgF

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“I can think of no better way to honor the unprecedented commitment of these volunteers, as well as the bravery and resilience of those whose names have now been found on these records, than to have this database symbolically housed at the National Museum of African American History and Culture,” said D Todd Christofferson
Thank you to the indexers and all those involved in the Freedmen's Bureau Project, your effort has allowed millions greater access to their history. Today FamilySearch handed over the indexed records to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture !

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The crowdsourcing work of indexing is now 10 years old! Indexing is the volunteer-driven effort that makes the records on FamilySearch searchable. Make sure to share your thanks and gratitude to our FamilySearch Indexing indexers for all their work and dedication that makes it so much easier for so many to connect with their ancestors!
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